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Five Brooklyn Coffee Bean Shops

If you are an avid coffee drinker, then you should go to a coffee shop. These stores offer a wide assortment of whole beans from all across the globe. These stores also offer unique trinkets, kitchenware, and other products.

Some of these shops offer subscriptions to their coffee beans. Some shops sell them in large quantities.

Porto Rico Importing Co.

Veteran coffee shop that is a specialist in international brews, loose teas and a selection.

The scent of freshly roasted beans fills the air once you walk into this West Village shop. Open sacks of dark-brown beans are displayed on the shelves alongside sugar jars, coffee-making equipment and tea accessories.

Porto Rico, originally opened in 1907 by Italian immigrants Patsy Albonese. At the time, Greenwich Village was seeing an increase in Italian immigrants who established businesses to meet their culinary requirements. Albanese named her shop after the famous Puerto Rican coffee she imported (and sold) the beverage was so popular that even the Pope took a sip.

Today, Porto Rico sells 130 varieties of beans from around the world at three locations in New York City including their Bleecker Street location, Essex Market and online. Porto Rico roasts its own beans and provides wholesale distribution to 350 restaurants in NYC and Brooklyn.

Peter Longo, current owner and president, grew up in the family bakery on Bleecker Street, where his father was the owner of Porto Rico. He still runs the business in the same manner as his grandfather and father.

Sey Coffee

It is located on Grattan Street in Morgantown, Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, Sey Coffee is both a coffee shop and roaster. Co-founders Tobin Polk and Lance Schnorenberg, both 33 started roasting in the fourth-floor loft just around the corner from their new location in 2011 under the name Lofted Coffee (with local clients including Greenpoint's Budin and Soho cart service Peddler).

Sey's decision to buy micro-lots, or even entire harvests, from farmers who are one has earned it the acclaim of New York City coffee enthusiasts. In the past, Sey bought a six-bag micro lot of Danilo Dones Sitio Catucai from Brazil's Espirito Santa region. The beans were hand-picked at the peak of ripeness, then floated to eliminate any defects and dried fermented for 36 hours prior to being dried on the farm. The result is a blend with hints of fruit and melon.

Sey's goal of holistically improving the health of employees, customers and growers extends beyond the store. It uses biodegradable disposables and composts to keep waste out of garbage and converting it into agents that lower harmful greenhouse gas emissions and feed the soil. It also removes gratuities. This allows baristas to concentrate on their work and earn a living.

La Cabra

La Cabra, a modern specialty coffee company, was founded in Aarhus in Denmark in 2012. It started with a small shop and a committed team. Their honest and innovative method of providing an exceptional coffee experience has earned them a loyal following, not just in their hometown and across the globe.

www.coffeee.uk  follows a strict procedure to find their perfect beans. They go through hundreds of varieties every year to find the ones that best fit their ideals. They then roast them very lightly, adjusting their desired flavor profile. This gives the coffees a more intense flavor and clarity.

The East Village store, which was opened in October of last year, has been praised for its premium pour-overs, as well as the baked goods, overseen by Jared Sexton. He previously worked at Bien Cuit, Dominique Ansel and various coffee establishments.

The shop utilizes a La Marzocco Modbar and the cups, plates and bowls are crafted by Wurtz ceramics, a father/son studio in Horsens. In a recent interview with Atlanta Coffee Shops, General Manager Ian Walla reveals that La Cabra serves approximately 250 different coffees per year, and usually has seven or eight varieties on offer at any given time.

The Plant Coffee Roasting Plant Coffee

The Roasting Plant is the only multi-unit retailer of coffee that roasts its own coffee and brews to order, with each cup of coffee roasted and brewed according to your requirements in less than one minute. It is a search engine for the highest quality specialty beans that are sourced directly offering customers a choices and high-quality.

Their on-site roaster is a fluid bed machine which is different from the classic drum machines used in UK coffee shops. The beans are blown in the heated box using high-speed air, which is circulated. This keeps the beans suspended and allows for a consistent roasting rate.

I tried the Sumatran Coffee and it was velvety and rich with a rich and velvety taste. Dark chocolate was evident from the aroma. And as you sipped the coffee you could taste subtle citrus fruit flavours.

The coffee is then be whisked into the store's Eversys Super-Automatic brewing Machines to be brewed according your preferences in under a minute. Customers can choose from nine single origins as well as different blends.

Parlor Coffee

Parlor Coffee was founded in 2012 behind a barbershop, with a single espresso machine. It has since developed into a burgeoning coffee roastery, with beans that are available in top cafes restaurants, cafes, and home brewers in every city. Parlor Coffee is committed to procuring the highest-quality beans, that have all undergone a long journey before arriving at its roasters.

The owners, who are self-described as "passionate about coffee and believe that a good cup of coffee should be accessible to everyone," have created a environment that is simple and filled with chalkboards. There are compost bins, up-cycled handmade products, and minimal decor.

They roast and make their own blends and single-origins (there were six when I was there), but they also offer cuppings on Sundays, which are open to the public. Imagine it as a brewery tasting room where you can smell and taste the beans in the ground. They range from earthy to chocolatey (one was similar to tomato!). They're away from the main roads, but it's worth the trip.